Finally, developing countries were finding themselves in an increasingly difficult situation: exports were diminishing, foreign debt was increasing, poverty was more widespread than in the past, and epidemics were frequent.
Por último, los países en desarrollo se encontraban en una situación cada vez más difícil: las exportaciones disminuían, la deuda exterior aumentaba, la pobreza estaba más extendida que antes y las epidemias eran frecuentes.